Attachment A - Draft Ordinance - Z-SP-2-23-2.pdf

ATTACHMENT A 
 
THIS IS A DRAFT COPY ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THE FINAL, 
ADOPTED ORDINANCE 
 
 
 
 
 
ORDINANCE G- 
 
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP 
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 601 OF THE CITY OF 
PHOENIX ZONING ORDINANCE BY CHANGING THE ZONING 
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FOR THE PARCEL DESCRIBED 
HEREIN (CASE Z-SP-2-23-2) FROM C-2 M-R NBCOD 
(INTERMEDIATE COMMERCIAL, MID-RISE DISTRICT, NORTH 
BLACK CANYON OVERLAY DISTRICT) TO C-2 SP NBCOD 
(INTERMEDIATE COMMERCIAL, SPECIAL PERMIT, NORTH 
BLACK CANYON OVERLAY DISTRICT). 
 
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX, as 
follows: 
SECTION 1. The zoning of a 1.86-acre site located approximately 375 feet 
south of the southwest corner of North Valley Parkway and Sonoran Desert Drive in a 
portion of Section 24, Township 5 North, Range 2 East, as described more specifically 
in Exhibit “A,” is hereby changed from “C-2 M-R NBCOD” (Intermediate Commercial, 
Mid-Rise District, North Black Canyon Overlay District) to “C-2 SP NBCOD” 
(Intermediate Commercial, Special Permit, North Black Canyon Overlay District) to 
allow a self-service storage warehouse and all other underlying uses.

SECTION 2. The Planning and Development Director is instructed to 
modify the Zoning Map of the City of Phoenix to reflect this use district classification 
change as shown in Exhibit “B.” 
SECTION 3. Due to the site’s specific physical conditions and the use 
district applied for by the applicant, this rezoning is subject to the following stipulations, 
violation of which shall be treated in the same manner as a violation of the City of 
Phoenix Zoning Ordinance: 
1. 
The development shall be in general conformance with the site plan date 
stamped May 18, 2023, as modified by the following stipulations and as 
approved by the Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
2. 
The development shall be in general conformance with the building elevations 
date stamped May 18, 2023, with specific regard to the variety and type of 
materials, variety of colors, articulation, canopies, windows and massing, as 
modified by the following stipulations and as approved by the Planning and 
Development Department. 
 
 
3. 
The maximum building height shall be three stories and 33 feet above grade. 
 
 
4. 
The color and material palette for buildings shall comply with the North Black 
Canyon Overlay District, with specific regard to colors being muted and blend 
with, rather than contrast strongly, with the surrounding desert environment, as 
approved by the Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
5. 
Where pedestrian walkways cross a vehicular path, the pathway shall be 
constructed of decorative pavers, stamped or colored concrete, or other 
pavement treatments that visually contrasts parking and drive aisle surfaces, 
as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
6. 
The walkway adjacent to the building shall provide a connection point for a 
continuous walkway that connects to the future commercial pad to the north, as 
approved by the Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
7. 
All walkways, including sidewalks, shall be shaded by a structure, landscaping 
at maturity, or a combination of the two to provide a minimum of 75% shade, 
measured at summer solstice at noon, at maturity, as approved by the 
Planning and Development Department.  
 
 
8. 
A minimum of 15% of the required parking spaces and a minimum of 50% of

the required ADA parking spaces shall include Electric Vehicle (EV) Installed 
infrastructure, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
9. 
A minimum of four bicycle parking spaces shall be provided through Inverted U 
and/or artistic racks located near the rental office and installed per the 
requirements of Section 1307.H. of the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance, as 
approved by the Planning and Development Department. Artistic racks shall 
adhere to the City of Phoenix Preferred Designs in Appendix K of the 
Comprehensive Bicycle Master Plan. 
 
 
10. 
A minimum of two of the required bicycle parking spaces shall include standard 
electrical receptacles for electric bicycle charging capabilities, as approved by 
the Planning and Development Department.  
 
 
11. 
A minimum 30-foot-wide landscape setback shall be provided along the west 
and south perimeter of the site and planted with minimum 3-inch caliper and 
minimum 4-inch caliper large canopy drought-tolerant shade trees, as depicted 
on the landscape plan date stamped May 18, 2023, as approved by the 
Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
12. 
A minimum 30-foot-wide landscape setback shall be provided along the east 
perimeter of the site and planted with minimum 3-inch caliper large canopy 
drought-tolerant shade trees placed 20 feet on center or in equivalent 
groupings, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
13. 
A minimum 10-foot-wide landscape setback shall be provided along the north 
perimeter of the site. 
 
 
14. 
Landscape setbacks shall be planted with drought-tolerant shrubs, accents and 
vegetative groundcovers to provide a minimum of 75% live coverage at 
maturity, as approved by the Planning and Development Department. 
 
 
15. 
A minimum 6-foot-wide detached sidewalk and a minimum 10-foot-wide 
landscape strip between the back of curb and sidewalk shall be constructed 
along the west side of North Valley Parkway, planted to the following standards 
and maintained with a watering system, as approved by the Planning and 
Development Department. 
 
 
 
 
a. 
Minimum 3-inch caliper single-trunk, large canopy, drought-tolerant 
shade trees planted 20 feet on center or in equivalent groupings.  
 
 
 
 
b. 
Drought-tolerant shrubs, accents and vegetative groundcovers to 
achieve a minimum of 75% live coverage at maturity.  
 
 
 
Where utility conflicts arise, the developer shall work with the Planning and 
Development Department on an alternative design solution consistent with a

pedestrian environment. 
 
 
16. 
A recorded cross-access agreement between the subject site and the parcel to 
the north shall be provided prior to preliminary site plan approval, as approved 
by the Planning and Development Department. The agreement shall be 
reviewed and approved by the Planning and Development Department prior to 
recordation with Maricopa County. 
 
 
17. 
The developer shall construct all streets within and adjacent to the 
development with paving, curb, gutter, sidewalk, curb ramps, streetlights, 
median islands, landscaping, and other incidentals, as per plans approved by 
the Planning and Development Department. All improvements shall comply 
with all ADA accessibility standards.  
 
 
18. 
Prior to preliminary site plan approval, the developer shall record documents 
that disclose to purchasers of the property within the development the proximity 
to building heights up to 190 feet to the north of the subject site. The form and 
content of such documents shall be reviewed and approved by the City prior to 
recordation. 
 
 
19. 
In the event archaeological materials are encountered during construction, the 
developer shall immediately cease all ground-disturbing activities within a 33-
foot radius of the discovery, notify the City Archaeologist, and allow time for the 
Archaeology Office to properly assess the materials. 
 
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or 
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the 
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity 
of the remaining portions hereof.  
PASSED by the Council of the City of Phoenix this 6th day of September, 
2023.  
 
 
 
 
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       MAYOR  
 
 
ATTEST:

_________________________  
Denise Archibald, City Clerk 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
Julie M. Kriegh, City Attorney 
 
 
By: 
_________________________  
_________________________ 
 
 
REVIEWED BY:  
 
 
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Jeffrey Barton, City Manager 
 
 
 
Exhibits: 
A – Legal Description (1 Page) 
B – Ordinance Location Map (1 Page)

EXHIBIT A 
 
The south 227’4” of Lot 1 of the Final Plat of Sonoran Commons Commercial, located in 
a portion of the northwest quarter of Section 24, Township 5 North, Range 2 East of the 
Gila and Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, according to Book 1307, page 
37, recorded in the Office of the County Recorder, Maricopa County, Arizona.